If you want to make Trump look bad, you probably picked the wrong topic. How much money has Trump spent on wars and how many lives were lost compared to the very high numbers under Bush and Obama? You have brought Trump into this discussion, no one else... The post right before mine which I am resp...

So you honestly think that you are better off in a year because a bank has just approved you for a loan? Deficit is projected by the CBO to be ~4.2% of GDP this year. 3.25% - 4.2% = -0.95% Germany e.g. has 1.7% growth and 1.6% budget surplus = 3.3% Even France, whos economy is considered being rath...

Wait, what? Politics aside, what was wrong with the Obamas as a family? Nothing, but the 44th President does not set the standard for travel expenditures or any other aspect of the Presidency, just like the 43rd doesn’t either. I see. But then your response dodges the point. The question could have...

Wait, what? Politics aside, what was wrong with the Obamas as a family? In the eyes of too many of Trump's Neanderthal-like fanatics, being black was the problem... :roll: Not nearly as many Republicans cared that Obama was biracial as you would like to believe. Even though he never ran, polls show...

How many private business trips did the Obama family go on? Best regards Thomas Considering he had no business experience (which helps explain the slowest recovery in our nation’s history and why he was the first president to never achieve a 3 pct increase in GDP in a single year) and had minor chi...

I never once complained about Obama’s travel costs, it was many of his policies I didn’t like. He is from Hawaii, obviously it costs more to fly Air Force One there than anywhere else in the US. As far as Trump Jr., obviously the secret service has to follow him wherever he goes and of course he’s ...

I never once complained about Obama’s travel costs, it was many of his policies I didn’t like. He is from Hawaii, obviously it costs more to fly Air Force One there than anywhere else in the US. As far as Trump Jr., obviously the secret service has to follow him wherever he goes and of course he’s n...

There are things that can be done but Trump and his fanboy trolls won't like it though. The core issue isn't the forest management that Trump and his trolls claim it is. The core issue is the drought (climate change) and you don't solve it by cutting down trees and building golf courses or suburbs....

Building all those gigantic suburbs is already an environmental mistake, but now if you need to make a desert for miles around them, it becomes a catastrophe. Will you also irrigate everything and grow grass for gigantic golfs ? Or let it as dust so that when the wind blows you have a nice dust sto...

You want to "clear" (another thing that needs definition) a mile area around something but you have no idea what that something is. I already did, remove trees and shrubs around the perimeter of the most fire prone populated areas. You don’t have to do it everywhere (besides you can’t sto...

Lots of examples already given by Californians like myself in this thread, unless you are too lazy to read. These are not examples of prevention California is currently doing: Controlled burns are only effective in coniferous forests like fir and ponderosa. Fire suppression proved inadequate throug...

As you know most of California’s 100 million acres are undeveloped and most of the 30 million residents live in or near only two major metro areas. That's where fires generally start is in unincorporated areas. So what's your point? Are you holding back some revolutionary solution? Have you ever be...

You can clear out trees and shrub in strategic areas to prevent wildfires from as easily jumping into residential areas. But you might prefer people lose their home rather than listen to Trump or someone from Louisiana, or Orange County. How many "strategic places" do you think there are ...

Lots of examples already given by Californians like myself in this thread, unless you are too lazy to read. These are not examples of prevention California is currently doing: Controlled burns are only effective in coniferous forests like fir and ponderosa. Fire suppression proved inadequate throug...

You should’ve stopped in your previous msg. at “AFAIK,” as you obviously know nothing about this situation. No Time would be well-advised to do the same about “lack of proper forest management”. Do you really, REALLY think nothing has been done (nor thought) about prevention until Trump just happen...

and no one would be talking about prevention. And all the talk arrives at the fact that there isn't a lot that can be done to prevent fires on one hundred million acres of land when they are in the middle of a drought. That needs to be explained to people from places like Louisiana. And it gives wh...

I would like to know what California does on the fire management side to help alleviate these problems. Are controlled burns done? What other solutions or preventative measures could be under taken? Instead of bickering amongst ourselves, what can we do to approach this better? Wildfires are a very...

[quote=“NoTime”]Thoughts, prayers and good vibes to people dealing with this dangerous situation. (Or, are those no longer allowed?) As is often the case, Trump took a legit complaint (Cali's lack of proper forest management) and fired it off at the wrong time and with the wrong words.[/quote] Yes, ...

I would like to know what California does on the fire management side to help alleviate these problems. Are controlled burns done? What other solutions or preventative measures could be under taken? Instead of bickering amongst ourselves, what can we do to approach this better? Wildfires are a very...

Because I assume you mean immigrants to the US and you say the religious right is happy for them to be round up in concentration camps, which (as ridiculous a claim it is) has only ever been mentioned if Trump became president.

I love that the many on this thread that are happy for Muslims and immigrants to be rounded up and put into concentration camps are all upset when their ‘minority’ is treated in a similar way by others. I wouldn’t be happy at all. Btw, just when are these concentratation camps going to open you lef...

Only took about 5 posts until this became the sole fault of the USA. Love it. Five? The very first post after the TA blamed it on Christians in the US. Never mind the democratically elected dictator is likely a Muslim and definitely not from the US. Catholic. Seriously how hard is that to even look...

Well then read it again and maybe you won't miss it. Or if you prefer more explicit cause and effect: The role of US evangelists in Uganda's 'kill the gays' bill https://www.theage.com.au/politics/federal/the-role-of-us-evangelists-in-ugandas-kill-the-gays-bill-20100111-m2lf.html It says three US e...

The religious right in this country has put a lot of effort into "outreach," which translates into supporting and educating haters in African countries to criminalize and even execute gay people for doing nothing more than being gay. Please provide a source for your ridiculous claim. Here...

The religious right in this country has put a lot of effort into "outreach," which translates into supporting and educating haters in African countries to criminalize and even execute gay people for doing nothing more than being gay.

Maybe the same reason Mexico’s president is. “Women and children have been shoved to the fore of the columns to hide the fact that many of the 4,000 to 10,000-strong throng of people are in fact working-age males, not families. Already, in crossing the narrow entry from Guatemala into Mexico, the pe...

only if you believe the racist and xenophobic lies coming out of the GOP. Why would the GOP care about a caravan that won't get here till probably well after christmas or ever? :rotfl: It’s a political stunt from your side, a stupid one that is backfiring. Evidence? You keep saying this is a stunt ...

only if you believe the racist and xenophobic lies coming out of the GOP. Why would the GOP care about a caravan that won't get here till probably well after christmas or ever? :rotfl: It’s a political stunt from your side, a stupid one that is backfiring. Really? Where is the first mention of this...

Nothing more than a political stunt. He's trying to distract from the bad press over the weekend. Most likely this caravan will be two pickup trucks by December. The caravan itself was a political stunt. only if you believe the racist and xenophobic lies coming out of the GOP. Why would the GOP car...

https://www.landrum-brown.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/S-APS-Charlotte-Douglas-International-Airport.jpg Hopefully the link above works. The ultimate goal from this long term master plan is demolishing E con and creating an express midfield terminal. 5/23 would be demolished, as its currently not...

Coach 737 seat width is no different from what it was 35 years ago. AA hadn’t bought AirCal yet and didn’t have 737s. I know you meant industry wide though. 35 years ago F and Y seats did not have spaces between them where you could see the row in front of you. F width has shrunk even more than coa...

For over 10 years up until EA dehubbed CLT in 1986, DL was third behind EA and PI. EA was the biggest until soon after PI started building their CLT hub in 1980. EDIT: Even after EA dehubbed CLT in 1986, DL stayed in third place as EA still had a few more flights than DL, one more to ATL than DL, a...

DL has always played 2nd in CLT since the beginning of time, first to EA, then PI/US/AA. For over 10 years up until EA dehubbed CLT in 1986, DL was third behind EA and PI. EA was the biggest until soon after PI started building their CLT hub in 1980. EDIT: Even after EA dehubbed CLT in 1986, DL sta...

They will also build a new runway west of runway 18r/36l and eventually DL will relocate 1/2 operation and most of the transatlantic flight from ATL to CLT. CLT has two new runways planned, one between 18R/36L and 18C/36C and one east of 18L/36R. DL has always played 2nd in CLT since the beginning ...